For Egyptian secular activist, election is reminder of elusive dream


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 May 2014

CAIRO (Reuters) - In 2010, the death of an activist at the hands of the Egyptian police galvanised computer engineer Wael Eskandar to become a political activist. Eventually, he joined protests that would help topple veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

As Egyptians vote in an election expected to install former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as president, Eskandar seems deflated by what he calls the "triumph of the counter-revolution".

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